Newsletter Edition MAY 2010

“Harnessing the power of multimedia technology and

the internet to take the gospel of Jesus Christ across the

country and around the world and making it

readily accessible to all.”

Dr. Mark T. Jones Sr.

Apostle & Founder Manifestations

Worldwide Inc.

One of the greatest privileges that I have been given as an Apostle who also pastors, is that I am

blessed to be able to personally engage people from all walks of life, every single week, on four

continents of the world, with all kinds of issues. At first glance, this may not seem like a privilege,

but in fact it really is.

Here’s why:

I find that as I assist different people with their issues, especially chronic issues, I get to see first-

hand the mechanics of Satan’s methodologies. Because I have decided to “continue my education,”

I can also utilize what I learn, while training others, to keep myself from becoming ensnared.

1. The single most devastating types of issues in the body of Christ worldwide are “people issue”

2. One reason that “people” are still an issue to believers is because some believers tend to forget

that they too are people, and that they too, cause people issues.

3. Satan realizes that when believers do not freely give to people, what Christ has freely given to

them, he has all the weaponry he will ever need to manifest his agenda.

Another great benefit derived from continuing to engage God’s people, is that I can spot trouble a

mile away. In other words I can tell when a person, especially a leader is about to get into some

spiritual or relational trouble. Now, this ability is part discernment, and part pattern awareness.

I have two leaders on my team right now, one male and one female that are on the verge of getting

into “God trouble”, one because of their chronic, recurring “people issues” and “system issues,”

and the other because of their loss of trust in God with certain areas of their life, and chronic com-

plaining.

I know that this may seem a little more specific than most of you are comfortable reading, however,

my encouragement to all readers is to TAKE ANOTHER LOOK [at your inter-personal life, how

you see and process things, how you operate, and how you relate] or be prepared to

TAKE ANOTHER LAP.

Another Look

or

Another Lap

Another Look

or

Another Lap

Very often, people of purpose and destiny fail to leave an ineradicable mark on either society or mankind, only to retreat to

the heavens without maximizing their God-given and intended potential. Dr. Mark T. Jones, Sr. is not only maximizing what

God has deposited in him, but he is also empowering the people of God to fulfill their purpose on the earth. In this season,

he is a voice for the voiceless. His messages compel the attention of those who seek to discover their purpose in life and

launch their destiny.

What is true beauty? Why does it often

lead to unhealthy and unrealistic comparisons that we simply narrow down to the appearance

of a person. Looking in the mirror does not depict beauty it is just a mere reflection of what we choose to see about ourselves.

Beauty is NOT skin deep, it is spirit deep, God looks not on the outward

appearance of man, He looks at the heart. When God looks over our lives, will He

find us still dwelling in the ugly place that He knows that He has healed and delivered us from? The place where we are no longer in captivity to. The things that once had us bound; Will He find us healed and delivered from the ugly things that have happened to us, or will He truly find the beauty extracted?

Many can’t extract beauty from the ugly place because they are reminded of the pain and the turmoil, not realizing that they are NOT there anymore. The hardest part of em-bracing the beauty we see after we've experi-enced the depth of the ugliness is to really see ourselves as new again. We are familiar with Isaiah 61:3 where it says To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. Beauty for ashes is the best illustration and reminder of the promise of God to extract beauty from an ugly place.

So that we understand that ashes denotes the burnt residue of grief, repentance or

humiliation. And beauty means pleasing to the eye; excellence. He shows us that no matter how ugly something looks in our lives or how

ugly the place we come out of, He will show us the excellence. Just think, if God created us in His likeness and His image then He ultimately didn’t intend for the rape, abuses, abandon-

ment, rejections, hurts, wounds or pains to be apart of us. But, Satan, who is the father of all

lies and whose mission is to kill, steal and destroy, has inflicted this ugliness on us in order to cause us to ultimately lose hope of

ever being beautiful again. But the plan of God made exceptions. He has provided a remedy to give beauty (excellence) for ashes (residue

of the pain, or things that caused us grief). The oil of joy for mourning, meaning that the joy that God provides will supersede all that

has made us shame, guilty, condemned or not beautiful, because of the thing that we have

carried with no hope of healing. The garment of praise for heaviness is the best we can wear, it’s better than any designer label or

image that man can put together because that means that He will never leave us or forsake us. That garment is custom fit to keep us in peace. The reason that we can extract beauty from an ugly place is because the Lord had the best in mind when He said that He wants us as trees of righteousness. No matter how ugly it is or what it was God sees us right with him.

Lady Lisa Jones EXTRACTING BEAUTY FROM

AN UGLY PLACE

Join Lady Lisa each 2nd & 4th Thursday

@ 7pm for LADIES Ministry

Ladies Accepting Deliverance & Identifying Enemy Strongholds

Yesmin Negron

Three Generation Recipe

“Gladys’ Fried Chicken”

Gladys

L. Jackson Mattie

Jane Jackson

Janna L Jackson

My name is Janna L. Jackson born and raise in Tampa, on Main St.

My grandmother Mrs. Gladys Laurel Pratt-Jackson was bought to Florida by a family

moving from Utah. The family stopped in Dewest South Carolina to rest a while.

During their stay at some relatives home, while eating dinner, a family member intro-

duced my grandmother (Gladys) as a cook and maid. She was sold to the Andrews

Family. As the family continued their journey through Amerigus Georgia, they also

purchased Willie James Jackson Sr. (my grandfather) as their Gardener, and Driver.

Years later the two (Gladys Laurel Pratt and Willie James Jackson) were married and

conceived 5 children. Celestine, Mattie, Sammie, Willie James Jr. and David Jackson.

My grandmother was known by her flavorful, tasty cooking. She taught her daugh-

ters how to cook. As a child I had the opportunity to spend time with my grand-

mother and learn some of her simple but remarkable cooking. Now I take pleasure

practicing what I learned from her and my mother. Today I would like to share with

you a very simple dish that has been passed down to me a third generation. “Gladys’

Fried Chicken” which was my mother, Mattie Jane Jackson’s favorite dish.

Ingredients:

Chicken (whole cut up)

1Sour orange

2table spoons Salt

1table spoon Black pepper

1cup Flour

1cup Vegetable oil

Direction: Wash chicken. Place the chicken in a deep bowl, take a sour orange and squeeze the juice onto

the chicken and let set for about 30 minutes. (this will clear all pesticides and give the chicken a

wonderful flavor) Remove the juice by rinsing with water. Then place the chicken back in a

deep bowl for seasoning, add salt, and black pepper. Let it sit for 30 min. Place a cup of flour in

a zip lock bag. Drain the chicken and place the chicken inside the bag one piece at a time and

shake to coat with flour mixture. Heat 1cup of vegetable oil in a skillet, add chicken and cover

with a top, lower heat to medium and cook until is brown to your satisfaction.

My intention in sharing International

Cuisine, it is to provoke the partners

of CFM to engage each other.

Through this page we not only meet

the partners “Around the world” but

also “Across the country.” This time I

would like to introduce to you Sis.

Janna Jackson.

As we Celebrate “Mothers” during the

month of May, Sis. Janna takes the

opportunity to celebrate her grand-

mother and mother by sharing with us

a brief story and a simple but remark-

able recipe from her Grandmother.

If you have a recipe with a story that

you would like to share please contact

me at 813-775-5381 or via e-mail

ylnegron13@gmail.com

Mothers have a special way

To bring love and laughter each day.

As a mother prays

her hand and eyes are raised ;

She cries out to the Father

then waits on Him for the answer .

Mothers listen to our every dreams

and understand our very needs.

Mothers give us that sense of peace

when all our problems seem to increase.

Mother’s instill in us the act of integrity ,

which helps us to not lose our sanity.

We so take for granted her passion of care

and her sacrifices through out the year.

Mothers teach us values

and that faith in God is part.

Never to disrespect her ,

that’s God command from the start.

Mothers have the tender touch

that we all yearn for so much.

Mothers are our first sense of relationship

it gives us the feeling that we can never split.

Mothers are a wondrous gift, God gives us from above

His plan and purpose from us to them

is love, respect and nurture them to the end.

A Blessed Mothers Day To All

A Tribute to Mothers

Sis. Jennifer Cole

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

Mark 16:15

"My role as the Internet ministry leader is to

facilitate and solidify a strong presence for the

Center for Manifestation on the internet.

To me that means making quality web-content

readily available and accessible to covenant

partners and regular visitors to the church's

website.

With the internet having over 1.8 billion users,

there are a lot of souls that can be won and

lives that can be changed online alone, this

makes it more imperative for me to make sure

that I am assisting the church in putting its best

face forward on the internet. I have an interest

for technology, and I don’t see where that

interest can be more beneficial than with the

Internet ministry.

As my wife will agree I am not a singer,

dancer, so I figured I need to

focus on something that is one of my interests

and how I can use that for the Kingdom of

God, which is technology."

The Second Time Around is Truly Better!

Jimmie & Wendolyn Pettis separated when their son

was only 6 years old. They were first married in 1982,

remained married for 10 yrs although they were not

together. Originally from Chicago, The Pettis’ relocated

to Fla. in 1988.

Jimmie left Fla.

in 1989 and

returned to

Chicago. It was

at that time that

depression set

in for Wendy,

who was now

raising 2 kids

on her own, and

quickly becom-

ing a worka-

holic to sup-

press her feel-

ings of depres-

sion, while

Jimmie contin-

ued to live with

substance abuse

in Chicago.

In 1995, Jimmie

remarried and stayed in this very unhealthy union for 10

years. Wendy remarried also, in 1996, but it was be-

cause she was so broken, not because she was in love.

During the time when Jimmie was experiencing the ef-

fects of substance abuse and an unhealthy marriage

relationship in Chicago, he was removed from his home

with his wife, and lived in an abandoned building, it was

also during this time that he began going to church and

helping out at the church. Shelter was provided for

Jimmie as he continued his volunteer service for the

church feeding ministry. While he buried himself under

God, Jimmie recalled that all he ever wanted was what

he had never had in his life, and that was peace. Instead,

he had been physically abused in his own home, by his

wife. This was a very miserable time for Jimmie, and led

to life on the streets.

In 2008, Jimmie left the shelter that he was living in

provided by the church and returned home to live with

his mother, but he continued to serve and assist with the

feeding ministry by delivering food. All the while,

Jimmie’s mind stayed on Wendy and the life they once

shared.

Here they are, 7 years later! Jimmie was inspired and he

called Wendy, who at first had feelings of reluctance

towards him. After their conversation, however, Wendy

began to have feelings for her “first” husband, again.

Jimmie, over the process of time, began to express his

sorrow for the

substance abuse,

and things that

never should

have transpired

in their

marriage. After-

wards, the two

made arrange-

ments for

Jimmie to come

to Fla. for a

visit. When he

arrived, he

found a brand

new Wendy,

with a new stan-

dard. It was a

covenant that

they both would

now have to

commit to!

Their wedding

date under apostolic anointing took place on

March 7, 2010. The marriage vows mean so much more

now than they did when they married before on

August 26, 1982.

“He’s still my Jimmie Lee from the first time, I loved

him then and I never stopped. The newness of our mar-

riage is all about oneness. As we listened to the series

“Why Did I Get Married?” by Apostle & Lady Lisa we

now understand how unity and marriage becomes one,

and one becomes a whole. We need to know the ways

and the laws of marriage and therefore we have to un-

derstand the biblical ways of marriage. This is the out-

look of two people being re-united again. It’s simply

having a relationship with God, where He is orchestrat-

ing spiritually and personally what He intended for the

marriage.”

Happy Birthday to all our

Covenant Partners

born in the month of May

Sis. Darlene Townsend

Lady Lisa Jones

Sis. Sharon Anderson

Deliverance at the altar

Kina Watson

Eva Johnson

Price $20.00

To order visit our website @

www.centerformanifestation.com

Deuteronomy 27:19 "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the Fatherless…”

R

“Repositioning for

the right position”

is my life’s proverb.

Hi, my name is LaTa-

hyana and I am on a

strategic mission for the

purpose of God for my

life.

I am purposely pursuing the things of God and I am

evolving into the finished work He has designed for me

before the foundation of the world. His love and dedica-

tion to me has helped me understand what true love is

and I will always be grateful to God for allowing me to

become a part of his Divine Body. I love God with my

everything and I give tribute to Him for giving His Holy

Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as ransom for the world.

Originally from North Carolina, I moved to Tampa

about eleven years ago. I have an 18-year old son

(Malcolm), and a 14 year-old daughter (Jasmine).

Over the years, I have watched God grow and mature us

into new creations. I have been a member of the Center

for Manifestation since November 2008 and I have

grown tremendously in understanding God’s viewpoint

on total life restoration; Spirit, Body, and Soul. I have

known for years the call of God on my life and that he

has given me an international

ministry. He positioned me

at the Center for Manifesta-

tion to give me an Interna-

tional mind set and to upscale

my thinking globally. My

children and I have grown

tremendously spiritually

since we have been here and I thank my Father for repo-

sitioning us in this ministry. I graduated from Hillsbor-

ough Community College in December 2009, with an

AA degree in Mass Communications. Presently, I at-

tend the University of South Florida (Junior), pursuing a

Bachelorette degree in Public Relations accompanied by

two minor degrees in business and international busi-

ness. My future plans are to obtain a Masters degree in

International business or international relations with a

concentration in study on Israel. My ultimate goal in

pursuing these degrees is to do International relations/

business with Israel. Therefore, concentration on God

and the Hebrew language and culture are the keys to my

fulfillment of these goals. God has positioned me at the

Center for Manifestation, in this time and in this season

for His purpose. I know that God will continue to watch

over us and keep us under the protection of His mighty

hand as He does with all His children.

epositioning For the Right Position

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Our Vision

Proverbs 29: 18 “Where there is no vision the people perish.

Our vision is to teach the end-time church of the essence of kingdom life, and to

communicate deep, spiritual truth in a simplified manner.

The center for Manifestation was released from the heart of God to be a refreshing

force to the body of Christ. While the central theme and essence of this ministry is to

prepare the way for the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, in part this purpose is

accomplished by retraining the saints as to what their God given roles and responsi-

bilities in the church are. It is also the vision of this ministry to bring healing and

deliverance to those who have been hindered from moving into position for the latter

rains.

This is the season for the manifestation of the sons of God!

Mark Jr. Lady Lisa, Dr. Jones, Marlesia